Retinal Diseases

Retinal Diseases
2 credits (3 ECTS Credits)

Introduction

This course provides a comprehensive overview of retina and uveal diseases, their prevalence, and clinical signs and symptoms in optometric examination. Specific emphasis is given to diabetes and the eye. The course also provides graduates with the tools to interpret findings of retinal examinations including OCT, fundus photography, slit lamp examination with a VOLK lens, and binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy.
Course Structure
• Concentrated study format with several full days of lectures

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe the anatomy of the retina and sources of blood supply to the eye
  2. Describe the appearance of a healthy optic disc and retinal vessels
  3. Detail expected and unexpected side effects of mydriatics
  4. Interpret findings of fundus observation to differentiate between normal and abnormal appearance with the use of a Volk lens or binocular indirect ophthalmoscope
  5. Interpret findings of ocular coherence tomography and differentiate between normal and abnormal ocular coherence tomography and fundus photography
  6. Describe the risks, clinical signs, appearance, and differential diagnoses of diabetic retinopathy, retinal signs of vascular hypertension, ARMD, pigmented lesions of the ocular fundus, vascular lesions, optic nerve anomalies, posterior vitreous detachment and retinal detachment, degenerative and stationary hereditary diseases of the retina.
  7. List solutions available to those with low vision
  8. Provide evidence-based advice to patients on nutrition for macular health
  9. Identify a normal ERG, the components of an ERG wave, and describe the relationship between ERG/VEP recordings and retinal diseases
  10. Describe the basic principles of fluorescein angiography and identify features on angiogram of common retinal diseases.

Topics Covered

  • Mydriatic Drugs: Myths & Realities including review of Direct versus Indirect Ophthalmoscopy
  • Age Related Macular Degeneration, Vitreo-Macular traction and Epiretinal membrane
  • Low vision management for retinal conditions
  • Nutrition & The Eye- An Evidence Based Approach
  • Choroidal Naevus; Melanoma; CHRPE, other pigmented & vascular lesions
  • Vitreous and Peripheral Retinal Conditions including Retinoschisis; Retinal Detachment
  • Examining the Optic Nerve- Glaucoma and other Optic Nerve Disease
  • Introduction to Retinal Imaging- BSCAN/ICG/OCT-A/FAF/FA
  • Modern Electrophysiology in Optometry Practice - Enhancing Diagnostic Capabilities and Patient Care
  • Screening for Vascular Hypertension
  • Diabetic Retinopathy

Assessment

  • Final exam for students seeking academic credit

Instructors

Prof. Simon Barnard is a British optometrist (City University, 1976) with a PhD in the topic of eye movements (1999). He is a Fellow of the College of Optometrists, the American Academy of Optometry and the European Academy of Optometry. Prof. Barnard is the Director of Ocular Medicine at the Institute of Optometry in London, a past member of the Board of Optometric Examiners and Chairman of the Scope of Practice Committee of the European Council of Optometry and Optics. An independent prescriber, Professor Barnard has published over 30 clinical papers in journals or books and is the Co-Editor and Author of the textbook Paediatric Eye Care. He is also a co-inventor of the Volk Eye Check and a world renown lecturer in optometry.

Dr. Jonathan Levine is an ophthalmologist with a subspecialty in medical retina. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and MD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM). Following his fellowship in medical retina at New York University, Dr. Levine returned to AECOM as a faculty member and later as residency program director at AECOM’s Bronxcare Hospital from 2011 until 2016. Dr. Levine won the faculty teaching award twice in his 10 years in the department.
After moving to Israel, Dr. Levine continued working remotely for Bronxcare Hospital in New York screening patients for diabetic retinopathy. In addition to teaching at HAC he runs his own clinical practice and is an image grader for large clinical treatment trials for diabetic retinopathy and age related macular degeneration. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Retina Specialists.

 

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For more information:

Please contact: international@hac.ac.il
Program Director: Dr. Liat Gantz
Program Administrator: Ms. Alisa Gania
Department Chairperson: Dr. Hadas Ben-Eli

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